'When I group up/ I will be president and build big walls/ ban Muslims, play with Putin's b***s,' sings Tim Minchin's young Trump in 'Matilda' spoof.
- Mar 22, 2017
AceShowbiz - James Corden makes us unable to see the stage hit "Matilda the Musical" in the same way ever again. On Monday, March 20 episode of "The Late Late Show with James Corden", the host, who portrayed young White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, debuted "Donald: The Musical", tweaking the lyrics of Tim Minchin's "When I Grow Up" from "Matilda the Musical".
Composer Minchin, actors Ben Platt (Brodway's "Dear Evan Hansen") and Abigail Spencer ("Timeless") joined Corden in the spoof, playing young version of Donald Trump, press secretary Sean Spicer and adviser Kellyanne Conway respectively. Sitting on a giant set of swings, the four sang a song which saw them wondering what running the world be like as adults.
The musical opened as Minchin's Trump serenaded, "When I group up/ I will be president and build big walls/ ban Muslims, play with Putin's b***s/ grab p*****s of the lady grown-ups." Platt's Spicer added, "I'll be press secretary of this land/ And lie about sizes of crowds and hands/ Ignore climate change until earth is blown up."
Wearing a pair of short Bannon pants, Corden's Bannon dreamed of being "chief strategist," before crooning, "so I can put my breitbart fist inside my puppet's inside bits." Spencer's Conway sang, "And I will wake up/ to see tweets he wrote at 4 A.M./ that I will then have to defend." The four later sang together, "But I won't care/ cause I'll be all grown up/ When I grow up."
The music then became more cheerful and they began swinging on the swings. At one moment, the lyrics took a jab at Trump's decision to dismiss Obamacare. "When I grow up/ I will eliminate Obamacare/ Replace it with-well I don't care/ If you choose to be sick you should just suck it up," Minchin's Trump sang. Spencer's Conway, meanwhile, dreamed, "When I grow up/ If facts don't suit my narratives/ I'll just believe alternatives/ Cause otherwise my brain will blow up."
The song's lyrics continued to poke fun at political issues as Corden's Bannon sang, "I'll take insurance off sick bums/ And paid maternity from mums/ Let damaged people but more guns." The hilarious musical also addressed Trump's tweets, which dubbed several news outlets fake. "And I will stand up/ claim the New York Times is fake," sang Platt.
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